I realize that it's still almost 2 years away, but I saw this, and it didn’t belong in the Rogue One or Episode VIII threads. Anyway:



Two things:

1) This is awesome.

2) I am such a nerd.

I see Billy Dee Williams but what Mr. Glover are they referring to? Because that guy sure isn't Danny Glover.

Josea16 wrote:I see Billy Dee Williams but what Mr. Glover are they referring to? Because that guy sure isn't Danny Glover.

Donald Glover, who will play Lando Calrisian in the movie.

JSeahawks wrote:

Josea16 wrote:I see Billy Dee Williams but what Mr. Glover are they referring to? Because that guy sure isn't Danny Glover.

Donald Glover, who will play Lando Calrisian in the movie.

Cool. Some kind of multiple venue type of performer interesting.

There was something a couple weeks ago with the two Hans having lunch...Ford and whatever the kid's name is.

Josea16 wrote:I see Billy Dee Williams but what Mr. Glover are they referring to? Because that guy sure isn't Danny Glover.

Danny Glover is too old for this shiz.

Msfann wrote:

Josea16 wrote:I see Billy Dee Williams but what Mr. Glover are they referring to? Because that guy sure isn't Danny Glover.

Danny Glover is too old for this shiz.

True but I didn't know about Donald Glover at all even though I have watched some movies and television shows he was in.

I'm obviously really looking forward to this one, but I also think this one has the biggest chance of being bad. I love the casting of Donald Glover; he was my first choice and IMO the only guy in Hollywood that can pull off the role. I like Ehrenreich, I'm hopeful he can pull it off. I'm most worried that physically he doesn't really look the part, and I'm hoping that won't take me out of it, but I'm certainly gonna give him a chance to win me over.

Clarke I'm sort of neutral on. Obviously she's beautiful and all that, which is great, and the Thrones connection kind of makes it cool, but I'm a bit worried about her acting ability. But I guess since we don't even know what type of character she's playing I'll hold off on any real pessimism for now.

Harrelson's the wild card IMO. Great actor and I actually feel like his personality totally fits in the Star Wars universe. But it's Woody freaking Harrelson and I'm a little worried that he's just too familiar. But if they write him a good part (Garris Shrike-ish seems like a good place to start) and he pulls it off it could be amazing.

While I am curious to find out more about the back story, find out about Chewie and the life debt, see how the Millennium Falcon came into the picture and changed hands, I really hope they don't go overboard on the easter eggs and references. None of that "Anakin built 3PO" type of BS. It needs to be a good story; it needs to be fun and exciting hopefully even a little dark, though I have my doubts about that last part.

Lastly, I think they should (and I think they will) push it back to a December release, as right now it's slated for a May 2018 release. It just doesn't really make sense to me to have it so soon after The Last Jedi. Plus I'm really liking these Christmas releases, starting to feel a bit like a tradition and I hope they stick with that. Assuming that's the case, we're probably looking at 12/20/17... only 684 more days! Assuming movie theaters are still allowed at that point.

Msfann wrote:

Josea16 wrote:I see Billy Dee Williams but what Mr. Glover are they referring to? Because that guy sure isn't Danny Glover.

Danny Glover is too old for this shiz.

Hahaha. Beat me to it.

With the commencement of filming on the Han Solo movie yesterday, it appears that Peter Mayhew has officially retired as our favorite walking carpet. This message is from his replacement.

After days of speculation, the Oscar-winning filmmaker Ron Howard has signed on to take over as director of Disney and Lucasfilm's untitled standalone Han Solo movie.

The announcement was posted on StarWars.com on Thursday.

The movie's original directors, Phil Lord and Chris Miller ("The Lego Movie"), were reportedly fired this week by Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy over creative differences on the "Star Wars" film.

"At Lucasfilm, we believe the highest goal of each film is to delight, carrying forward the spirit of the saga that George Lucas began forty years ago," Kennedy said in a statement. "With that in mind, we're thrilled to announce that Ron Howard will step in to direct the untitled Han Solo film. We have a wonderful script, an incredible cast and crew, and the absolute commitment to make a great movie. Filming will resume the 10th of July."

http://www.businessinsider.com/ron-howa ... vie-2017-6

I hope it's A Beautiful Mind Ron Howard and not The Grinch Ron Howard.

Disney's response to why the change of director happened.

http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/201 ... =synd_digg

I don't like that Disney is pushing back on these directors for going too far outside the creative box. Looks like that's what happened with Rogue One as well.

Still turned out to be a good movie, but why not take some creative chances with competent directors on these stand alone movies?

Sgt. Largent wrote:I hope it's A Beautiful Mind Ron Howard and not The Grinch Ron Howard.

How about Apollo 13 Ron Howard?

I'm a little concerned, since both Rogue One and TFA kind of lacked in the traditional "Star Wars feel." Episodes 1-3, for all their faults, still FELT exactly like Star Wars in ways the two new films do not.

RolandDeschain wrote:I'm a little concerned, since both Rogue One and TFA kind of lacked in the traditional "Star Wars feel." Episodes 1-3, for all their faults, still FELT exactly like Star Wars in ways the two new films do not.

Episodes 1-3 felt to me like the cinema equivalent of a big flaming hairy dump. Lucas should never be allowed behind a camera lens again.........or in his case behind a computer monitor puking up 2 1/2 hours of CGI nonsense, and passing if off as live action.

I liked both Rogue One and Force Awakens, I just don't like Disney rolling in when a films almost done and "rounding out the edges" to homongenize and Disneyfy these movies to make them softer and more generic. Which is what I hear when I read articles like I posted.

It's why Netflix is KILLING everyone else, they're giving complete control to very talented people, and they're in turn churning out amazing docs, specials, shows and now movies.

Sgt. Largent wrote:

RolandDeschain wrote:I'm a little concerned, since both Rogue One and TFA kind of lacked in the traditional "Star Wars feel." Episodes 1-3, for all their faults, still FELT exactly like Star Wars in ways the two new films do not.

Episodes 1-3 felt to me like the cinema equivalent of a big flaming hairy dump. Lucas should never be allowed behind a camera lens again.........or in his case behind a computer monitor puking up 2 1/2 hours of CGI nonsense, and passing if off as live action.

I liked both Rogue One and Force Awakens, I just don't like Disney rolling in when a films almost done and "rounding out the edges" to homongenize and Disneyfy these movies to make them softer and more generic. Which is what I hear when I read articles like I posted.

It's why Netflix is KILLING everyone else, they're giving complete control to very talented people, and they're in turn churning out amazing docs, specials, shows and now movies.

To be fair, Rogue One's "everyone dies" ending wasn't exactly Disney kosher.

MontanaHawk05 wrote:

Sgt. Largent wrote:

RolandDeschain wrote:I'm a little concerned, since both Rogue One and TFA kind of lacked in the traditional "Star Wars feel." Episodes 1-3, for all their faults, still FELT exactly like Star Wars in ways the two new films do not.

Episodes 1-3 felt to me like the cinema equivalent of a big flaming hairy dump. Lucas should never be allowed behind a camera lens again.........or in his case behind a computer monitor puking up 2 1/2 hours of CGI nonsense, and passing if off as live action.

I liked both Rogue One and Force Awakens, I just don't like Disney rolling in when a films almost done and "rounding out the edges" to homongenize and Disneyfy these movies to make them softer and more generic. Which is what I hear when I read articles like I posted.

It's why Netflix is KILLING everyone else, they're giving complete control to very talented people, and they're in turn churning out amazing docs, specials, shows and now movies.

To be fair, Rogue One's "everyone dies" ending wasn't exactly Disney kosher.

Well they may going Darker, fire everyone at ESPN is also a bit more on Disney's dark side. Just need Snow White to Mow down all the dwarves now with a Mac ten.

MontanaHawk05 wrote:

Sgt. Largent wrote:

RolandDeschain wrote:I'm a little concerned, since both Rogue One and TFA kind of lacked in the traditional "Star Wars feel." Episodes 1-3, for all their faults, still FELT exactly like Star Wars in ways the two new films do not.

Episodes 1-3 felt to me like the cinema equivalent of a big flaming hairy dump. Lucas should never be allowed behind a camera lens again.........or in his case behind a computer monitor puking up 2 1/2 hours of CGI nonsense, and passing if off as live action.

I liked both Rogue One and Force Awakens, I just don't like Disney rolling in when a films almost done and "rounding out the edges" to homongenize and Disneyfy these movies to make them softer and more generic. Which is what I hear when I read articles like I posted.

It's why Netflix is KILLING everyone else, they're giving complete control to very talented people, and they're in turn churning out amazing docs, specials, shows and now movies.

To be fair, Rogue One's "everyone dies" ending wasn't exactly Disney kosher.

What I read over the weekend was the directors were taking the Han Solo movie too far into a full blown comedy realm, and Disney didn't like it.

Which could be awesome, cause really that's what Han Solo was, comedy relief. A smart ass.

Han Solo movie wraps filming, is officially titled:

http://www.slashfilm.com/han-solo-movie-title/

Some mistakes turn out to be some of the best films, others bomb horribly, re shoots, re casting and then a bunch of clever editing to fix something. Sounds like they were not on top of it from the beginning and when they seen the first run prior to full edit version were not happy. Enter a fixit guy with a great reputation to try and salvage it in Howard.

Solo was a Gunslinger smuggler, cocky and self assured so the smart ass element has to be there, but there also has to be a element of character building to depict his entrance into the Star Wars story as we know it. He was a hunted criminal and someone that had enemies based on his business dealings with bounties on him. Those stories can't be all slap stick comedy.

After The Force Awakens and Rogue One, my expectations are a bit tempered. Still looking forward to seeing this, though.

Rogue One gets better to me every time I watch it. The last 45 minutes or so are up there with the best Star Wars has to offer IMO. I've cooled a bit on TFA over time, though only a little. I still love the movie overall, and the new generation of characters they've introduced. I just have some fundamental disagreements with the way they handled a few of the plot points and decisions they had to make, but nothing that ruins it for me by any means.

Han Solo and TLJ I'm a little more worried about; the former because of the obvious issues they've had with the directors and overall tone/identity of the film, as well as being able to accept a different actor as Han Solo, and the latter because of how important it is to the overall saga and the apparent different direction Rian Johnson has decided to take the story. And to be honest, some of the footage we've seen so far has a real prequel-ish vibe to me. And that's probably what makes me the most apprehensive. Because that would be AWFUL haha.

Just figured I'd update this thread with some of the recent information on the movie.






Disney Is Banking on Han Solo Being a Huge Bomb?

"Disney is bracing themselves for the Han Solo movie to bomb. They were worried about it before all The Last Jedi controversy, but now they're essentially writing Solo off. The lead actor, Alden Ehrenreich, can't act, and they had a dialogue coach on hand for all of his scenes. On top of that, the script is unworkable. It's going to be a car crash."

Is the Han Solo Movie Trailer Coming Next Week?

Do we finally know when the first trailer for the Han Solo movie is coming out? Disney and Lucasfilm are still committed to the May 25 release date for the Star Wars standalone, which is just five months away. Granted, they didn't want to overshadow Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but make no excuses, they have to start marketing this movie very soon. With that in mind, it looks like the first trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story could arrive in early January during the college football National Championship game.

I know a lot of people were already not particularly looking forward to this movie, and the negative reactions to The Last Jedi have probably only lowered fan confidence even more, but I don't care. I'm looking forward to seeing where they go with it. If they can find the right balance between fun and exciting with a decent story and hit the rights notes of nostalgia I'll be a happy man-boy.